# Whirley Primary School

Whirley Primary School is a primary school in Cheshire East, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 212 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140598. [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 212
- Council: Cheshire East
- URN: 140598

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 23 June 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 65% of pupils at Whirley Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Cheshire East and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Cheshire East | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Eden School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eden-school-e143531): 600 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Fallibroome Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-fallibroome-academy-e136278): 990 m. Secondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Alban's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e141811): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Broken Cross Primary Academy and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broken-cross-primary-academy-and-nursery-e141193): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Upton Priory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/upton-priory-school-e142513): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The King's School In Macclesfield](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-kings-school-in-macclesfield-e111473): 1.5 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140598)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140598)

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